Americo-Liberian settlers

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Americo-Liberian settlers were freed African American and Caribbean migrants who established a Western-influenced ruling elite in Liberia during the 19th century.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Americo-Liberian settlers canonical 3
Americo-Liberians 2
Americo-Liberian elite 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
settler community ⓘ
adopted American naming customs ⓘ
American-style architecture ⓘ
American-style clothing ⓘ
associatedWith True Whig Party ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization American Colonization Society ⓘ
beganMigration 1820 ⓘ
capitalFounded Monrovia ⓘ
classStatus elite ⓘ
composedOf freed African Americans ⓘ
freed Afro-Caribbeans ⓘ
countryOfSettlement Liberia ⓘ
culturalIdentity creole ⓘ
declineOfDominance late 20th century ⓘ
dominated Liberian judiciary ⓘ
Liberian legislature ⓘ
Liberian presidency ⓘ
economicRole control of commerce ⓘ
control of land ownership ⓘ
established Liberian state structures ⓘ
Western-style institutions in Liberia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Liberia ⓘ
flagInfluence design of Liberian flag ⓘ
formed ruling elite in Liberia ⓘ
governed indigenous peoples of Liberia ⓘ
heldPosition political dominance in Liberia ⓘ
historicalImpact creation of Liberia as an independent republic ⓘ
influencedBy American political traditions ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Western culture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem American-inspired constitution ⓘ
origin Caribbean ⓘ
United States ⓘ
politicalIdeology republicanism ⓘ
politicalSystem one-party dominance for much of Liberian history ⓘ
relatedConcept Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
colonization of Liberia ⓘ
relatedGroup Sierra Leone Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Krio people
religion Christianity ⓘ
selfIdentification civilized Christians ⓘ
socialStructure caste-like distinctions ⓘ
hierarchical society ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
viewedAsByIndigenous foreign rulers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here → associatedWith → Americo-Liberian settlers ⓘ
Clay Ashland → hasHistoricalCommunity → Americo-Liberians ⓘ
linked to: Americo-Liberian settlers
Clay Ashland → hasEthnicGroup → Americo-Liberians ⓘ
linked to: Americo-Liberian settlers
indigenous peoples of Liberia → historicalRelation → Americo-Liberian settlers ⓘ
True Whig Party → socialBase → Americo-Liberian settlers ⓘ
Edward James Roye → associatedWith → Americo-Liberian elite ⓘ
linked to: Americo-Liberian settlers
James Spriggs Payne → movement → Liberian colonization movement ⓘ
linked to: Americo-Liberian settlers